Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea
An evergreen shrub of acid heaths and moors.
Its pink or white flowers are on display between May and August, and it produces fruit between August and October.
The cowberry can grow up to 30cm in ...
Cowley Tunnel, Gnosall
This postcard view of Cowley Tunnel on the Shropshire Union Canal near Gnosall was published by M Hall, Gnosall. It was franked on 10 July 1915 and sent to an address in Oakamoor.
Cowley Tunnel, Gnosall
A pencil sketch on a blank white postcard. View of Cowley Tunnel on the Shropshire Union Canal, near Gnosall. Inscription: 'Canal at Gnosall 26/7/23 (5)'.. Dimensions 88mm x 140mm.
Artist: Sydney ...
Cowley Tunnel, Gnosall
A postcard view of Cowley Tunnel on the Shropshire Union Canal near Gnosall.
On the reverse of the postcard there is a message which is thought to have been sent between 1940 and 1942 during the Second ...
Cowslip, or Primula veris
This perennial plant appears often on limestone hillsides.
It will frequently hybridise with a primrose, producing an Oxslip.
Flowering between April and May, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This ...
Cross Keys, Penkridge
The Cross Keys public house, Filance Lane, Penkridge stands next to Filance Bridge and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by District View Publishing Co., 117 Loughborough ...
Dandelion or taraxacum officinale
Dandelion is a very common perennial of roadsides and fields. It is a weed of lawns. There are many similar species of Dandelion. The flowers only open in full sunlight.
Flowering between March and ...
Day trippers near High Bridge, Norbury
Day trippers near High Bridge, bridge no.39 on the Shropshire Union Canal.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Deepmore Lock, Hazelstrine, Stafford
This photograph shows a small cabin cruiser and crew entering the lock. Deepmore lock stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
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Dolby's Potter's Mill, Lytton Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory exterior including a calcining kiln.
Taken at Dolby's Potter's Mill, Lytton Street, Stoke-on-Trent.
The Trent and Mersey Canal can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Drayton house and swing bridge, Drayton Bassett
The swing bridge at Drayton Bassett going over Fazeley and Coventry Canal, with Drayton house to the right.
Dunsley Tunnel, Kinver
Dunsley Tunnel, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, was one of the earliest built on any British canal (about 1772). It is only 23 yards long and unusually for a tunnel of this age it has ...
East Cannock wharf, Hednesford
The coal-loading wharf, East Cannock colliery canal basin near Hednesford. Cannock Chase coal was loaded to narrow boats for delivery to the Set midlands as fuel for steam powered boilers and later power ...
Eastwood Works, Stoke-on-Trent.
This is the Eastwood pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent which was owned by J. & G. Meakin.
The company was well known for its ironstone china and white granite ware, much of which was sold in America ...
Endon Village, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Endon village Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria from the Canal, Stoke-on-Trent
The Trent and Mersey Canal, looking towards Etruria. The two gasometers that dominate the skyline in this photograph were both dismantled by 1991. The left hand tow path is now part of the Festival Park ...
Eyebright or Euphrasia nemorosa
Eyebright is a perennial found in many limestone areas. It is one of several similar species.
Flowering between June and September, it can grow up to a height of 15cm.
This example was found growing ...
Fazeley and Coventry Canal Junction, Fazeley
Fazeley and Coventry Canal Junction, showing the bay windowed Junction House on the right. To the left is the Sturges shop with an advert for 'Bass Burton Ales' on the side of the building. Tolson's ...